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  3. Upstash vs Redis Cloud

UpstashvsRedis Cloud

Saas72
vs
Saas70
ScoresSignalsPricingFeatures

Score Comparison

72
Overall
70
70
Pricing
55
85
Usability
75
65
Performance
95
60
Support
65
70
Reliability
85
90
Onboarding
75
70
Security
75
85
Integrations
70
UpstashRedis Cloud

Signals Comparison

Pricing

Upstash

  • Gets expensive at large scale(7/10)
  • Budget caps can disrupt service(5/10)
  • Prod Pack required for SLA and enterprise features(4/10)

Redis Cloud

  • 2024 license change sparked community outrage and fork(8/10)
  • Memory-based pricing gets expensive at scale(8/10)
  • Pro pricing uses hourly billing - unpredictable costs(5/10)
Performance

Upstash

  • REST API adds latency vs TCP connections(6/10)
  • Slow query performance reported by some users(5/10)
  • Scaling during peak loads presents challenges(6/10)

Redis Cloud

  • Significant RAM requirements(6/10)
Reliability

Upstash

  • Occasional data inconsistencies reported(6/10)

Redis Cloud

  • Performance over durability trade-off(7/10)
  • Regional cloud provider dependencies(6/10)
Support

Upstash

  • Documentation and support need improvement(4/10)

Redis Cloud

  • Private offering and contract concerns(6/10)
Customization

Upstash

  • Some environments restrict port access(4/10)

Redis Cloud

  • ElastiCache locked at Redis 7.2 due to license(6/10)
  • Valkey lacks Redis 8+ features(5/10)
Usability

Upstash

  • Advanced feature requests often anticipated(4/10)

Redis Cloud

  • Key-value model limits complex data relationships(6/10)

Pricing Comparison

Upstash

Free
Free

Users: N/A

Storage: 256MB

Limits: Commands limited, no RBAC, no advanced monitoring, rate limited when exceeded

No SLA, no Prod Pack features, limited to single region
Pay-as-you-go
Popular
$0.2/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: Up to 100GB

Limits: Budget cap causes rate limiting, no included SLA (requires Prod Pack)

Costs scale linearly - high traffic can get expensive quickly
Fixed (Pro)
$280/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: 10GB

Limits: Throughput limits may not suit high-traffic apps, Prod Pack separate

Limited requests/second (16K for 100GB). Bandwidth overage at $0.03/GB
Prod Pack (Add-on)
$100/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Not available on Free tier, required for production-grade features

Per-database pricing, adds to base plan cost

Redis Cloud

Free (Trial)
Free

Users: N/A

Storage: 30MB

Limits: No HA, no backups, no support, expires after trial period

Very limited - only for testing, not production viable
Essentials
Popular
$5/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: 250MB+

Limits: No 99.999% SLA, limited data structures, single region

Higher tiers scale: 1GB ~$18/mo, 5GB ~$85/mo. Limited to shared infrastructure.
Pro
$0.88/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: Custom

Limits: Usage-based can be unpredictable, requires cost monitoring

Hourly billing adds up: ~$640/month minimum. Memory scaling increases costs significantly.
Enterprise
$0/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: Custom

Limits: Requires sales engagement, minimum commitment likely

Negotiated pricing varies widely. Contract commitment typically required.

Feature Comparison

FeatureUpstashRedis Cloud
Database
Serverless Redis

Pay-per-request

In-Memory Data Store

Sub-ms latency

Rich Data Structures

Strings, hashes, sets, etc.

Complex Relationships

Key-value model

API
REST API

Edge compatible

Performance
Global Edge Caching

~5ms latency

Sub-ms Latency

REST adds overhead

Search
Redis Query Engine

Cloud exclusive

Streaming
Kafka

Serverless

AI
Vector Search

Redis 8+

Vector Database

For embeddings

Infrastructure
Active-Active Geo-Rep

Pro plan

Messaging
QStash

Serverless queues

Reliability
99.999% SLA

Pro plan

SLA Included

Requires Prod Pack

Pricing
Free Tier

256MB, 500K/mo

Licensing
OSI Open Source

AGPLv3 option (Redis 8)

Connectivity
TCP Connections

Also available

Storage
Disk-Based Storage

Memory only

Compatibility
AWS ElastiCache Redis 8

License blocked